#AC2C2E#AC2C2E

#AC2C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.165 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC2C2E
RGB	rgb(172, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 51.39, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 59.71, 30.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.1494 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.165 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4092, 10.7721, 3.6941)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC2C2E #2CACAA

analogous

#AC2C6E #AC2C2E #AC6A2C

triadic

#AC2C2E #2EAC2C #2C2EAC

tetradic

#AC2C2E #6EAC2C #2CACAA #6A2CAC

square

#AC2C2E #6EAC2C #2CACAA #6A2CAC

split-complementary

#AC2C2E #2CAC6A #2C6EAC

monochromatic

#4B1314 #7B2021 #AC2C2E #D04648 #DC7678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#AC2C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AC2C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC2C2E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC2C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC2C2E	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac2c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.165 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd6f67',
    500: '#ac2c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac2c2e;
$custom-light: #cd6f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac2c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49566,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC2C2E

secondary

#70C4C3

accent

#E2E045

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC2C2E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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